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Even when presented with the same information, liberals and conservatives tend to interpret political information differently. By measuring brain activity...
Psychologists, philosophers, and engineers have long known that the way we think about problems affects the way we solve them. Our recent paper proposes and...
Men and women are each about half the population. Recent studies revealed that according to billions of words on the internet, people think of a “human” more...
Conspiracy beliefs are a major driver of local opposition to wind farms. The good news: Providing information in favor of wind farms can help overcome...
Following a series of high-profile cases of police harassment and violence, police reform has become a growing national concern in the U.S. We evaluate one...
We used international survey data from 500,000 students to show that genders attribute differently their failure to a lack of talent and argued that these...
Among other methods, governments use highway message signs to encourage responsible driving. We find that displaying year-to-day roadside fatality counts leads...
The diversity of the US population is not well represented in its scientific workforce. In our research, we use large scale bibliometric databases to...
Have you ever noticed that your thoughts are sometimes focused on the task-at-hand, while other times, your mind wanders from topic to topic? Our new study...
We find that students are not more stressed or handle their stress differently at different points during the dissertation year. However, stress and coping are...
Despite unprecedented access to multiple sources of information, polarization in political opinions is on the rise. Why does the same news footage trigger...
Our memories often feel like records of the past. But the dominant view among scientists is that our personal memories are highly prone to error and not to be...
